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Operations and Supply Chain Terms


Operations concepts, definitions and terms are covered in this Operations & SCM Dictionary. Operations & supplychain terms glossary covers concepts, definitions & tutorials related to SCM, inventory, logistics, warehousing, procurement, distribution and more.

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11 Activity Analysis 11492
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14591
13 Actual Demand 11206
14 Aggregate Planning 12234
15 Air Cargo 10076
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6651
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34871
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15337
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19296
20 Assembly Line 22418
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22975
22 Average Speed of Answer 26563
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23127
24 Batch Production 38383
25 Bill Discounting 14532
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11229
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7150
28 Blanket Release 10020
29 Bonded Warehouse 10064
30 Booking Number 13793
31 Bottleneck 9518
32 Buffer Stock 59251
33 Build to Stock 13018
34 Bullwhip Effect 9676
35 Business Logistics 25733
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12570
37 Capacity Management 40519
38 Capacity Utilization 14110
39 Capital Intensive 8411
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8740
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12134
42 Certified Supplier 8968
43 Channel Effectiveness 8931
44 Co-Destiny 9301
45 Co-managed Inventory 12563
46 Co-Packers 11776
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6877
48 Computer-Based Training 7694
49 Consular Invoice 19785
50 Container Depot 10609
51 Container Freight Station 10276
52 Continuous Replenishment 19562
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12080
54 Contract Carrier 7320
55 Contract of Affreightment 11418
56 Control Charts 7965
57 Cost Flow 10276
58 Courier Service 15236
59 CPFR 8224
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11803
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44154
62 Date Code 18231
63 Days of Supply 19838
64 Dead on Arrival 9324
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7312
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8108
67 Detective Control 8912
68 Devanning 14211
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10958
70 Dispatching 24518
71 Distributed Inventory 8358
72 Distribution Channel Management 34750
73 Distribution Metrics 9120
74 Distribution Planning 24201
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15216
76 Double Marginalization 52738
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22381
78 Dual 5442
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20615
80 Echelon Inventory 26206
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38269
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49733
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7617
84 Efficient Frontier 25485
85 Engineer-to-Order 31745
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16523
87 Erlang B Formula 9348
88 ETD 8333
89 Ex Works 7835
90 Exception Rate 13495
91 Exponential smoothing 9831
92 External Growth 10076
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9521
94 Field Services 7742
95 Field Warehouse 10461
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8763
97 Fishbone Diagram 14608
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27038
99 Flow Through Distribution 12310
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8179
101 FOB Destination 13033
102 Forward buying 30165
103 Freight Charge 10412
104 Freight Consolidation 7532
105 Gantt Chart 8289
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11735
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29590
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12683
109 Hub 23432
110 Idle Time 8070
 
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